Post by boraddict on Apr 23, 2019 19:13:59 GMT -6
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Thanks Venge. The false prophet presents himself as working for the beast and that is clearly supported throughout Revelation. However, as I was writing my last post I noticed that the false prophet is a spokesman for the beast and not necessarily a false spokesmen for Christ. Thus, it may be the case that the false prophet is not anti-Christ, but pro-beast as a spokesman for the beast and Satan. Consequently, the false prophet may not be a prophet type at all but simply the beasts Christ to save the world. Thus, the false prophet may have a religion like communism or something like that and not necessarily a Christian religion. Are you thinking along these same lines?
Yes. If you consider a god whom has a spokesman then that spokesman is that god's christ if that spokesman is attempting to save the world per the instructions of his god. Thus, there is a false god (the beast) and his christ (the false prophet) that is his false savior of the world.
It would be like an executive officer in an infantry company. The company commander is the main guy, but his (the commanders) spokesman is the second in command.
I guess it would be like the Pharaoh and Joseph of old in which the Pharaoh was the main guy and Joseph was the spokesman who distributed the grain. Thus, Joseph was Pharaoh's type of christ in saving the people of Egypt and the surrounding populations.
Thus, the beast has his false christ (false savior of the world). Now this is not the true Godhead that is the Father and the Son (the true Christ that saves us from our sins etc.) However, it is a false christ to whom the population of the world turns to be saved rather than turning to the true Christ.
Thus, the beast's false christ may not be religious at all but secular like the Executive Officer in the infantry company or like Joseph of old.
Thus, the false christ that is the false prophet is a false prophet because he is the beast's false christ and not because he supports any religious belief. The false prophet could simply be anyone that is second in command to the beast and not necessarily a religious figure.